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CFMEU deals put union in bed with bikies and the underworld
An investigation reveals the relationships that have vaulted companies with links to criminals into favoured positions on the nation’s building sites.
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- Nick McKenzie and David Marin-Guzman
This Month
CFMEU official used super fund money to help union, alleges APRA
Legal action has started against Michael O’Connor, who is accused of knowing a First Super staffer was also performing work for his labour organisation.
- Max Mason and Hannah Wootton
CFMEU organiser charged with threats to kill
The charges against the senior CFMEU organiser are the first since a joint investigation into the union.
- David Marin-Guzman and Nick McKenzie
CFMEU ban to deny Labor millions in election cash
Party figures expect rival unions including the United Workers Union and the conservative Shoppies to fill a funding void left by the CFMEU’s administration.
- Tom McIlroy and David Marin-Guzman
- Investigation
- Investigation
‘I love a cunning plan’: A crime boss, the CFMEU and tax-dodging deals
Secret police recordings of more than 1000 calls made from prison helped unravel George Alex’s sprawling and corrupt labour hire empire.
- Updated
- Nick McKenzie, David Marin-Guzman and Kate McClymont
- Exclusive
- Construction
Pay deals keep tradies in line with Big Mac index, but teachers lag
Annual wage growth close to 5 per cent for the past two decades has put CFMEU construction workers ahead of other employees, new earnings analysis shows.
- Michael Bleby
August
Going rogue: The big questions over the CFMEU clean-out
Secret meetings of a self-described “leadership in exile” are raising fears the administrator has yet to take control of the union.
- David Marin-Guzman
Watchdogs, whistleblowers need more power on union thuggery: report
The review into Victoria’s construction sector follows an investigation into illegal and unethical behaviour at taxpayer-funded worksites, but the opposition has labelled it a ‘whitewash’.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Industrial relations
At CFMEU protests, the most important group didn’t turn up
The average trade union member these days is not a big beefy bloke in a hard hat and black T-shirt, but a 46-year-old female nurse.
- Phillip Coorey
CFMEU directors depart in Cbus board cleanout
The lawbreaking construction union’s three directors have left the board of Cbus, but it is unclear who the CFMEU administrator will replace them with.
- Hannah Wootton
Labor, teals turn on Greens over CFMEU embrace
Zoe Daniel and Allegra Spender have joined the Albanese government in castigating the Greens for cosying up to the CFMEU.
- Phillip Coorey
- Exclusive
- Construction
How construction failures push up costs for builders – and consumers
Union officials with unchecked power on construction sites force builders to cover costs of insolvent subcontractors, which in turn pushes up costs for home buyers.
- Michael Bleby
PM says Labor ‘not for turning’ as Greens court militant unions
The Greens have aligned themselves with the CFMEU as the Labor hierarchy played down the prospects of a damaging backlash.
- Phillip Coorey
Rogue CFMEU leaders vow ‘absolute destruction’ of Labor
Ousted CFMEU officials have vowed to campaign to turf Labor out in state and federal elections, as tens of thousands stopped work to protest the CFMEU administration.
- David Marin-Guzman and Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Opinion
How to remake the CFMEU culture of confrontation
Only deeper, durable changes will stop the law-breaking construction union’s self-reinforcing behaviour re-emerging after three years of administration.
- Peter Richards
Sacked CFMEU leaders ‘go rogue’, prepare for mass walkouts
Sacked CFMEU NSW leaders held a mass meeting of delegates on Monday that called for nationwide walkouts, despite the union going into administration.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
Labor denies Setka’s claim of secret deal not to take over CFMEU
The union’s former boss said the ALP betrayed a deal that it would not appoint an administrator in return for his resignation amid claims of bikie infiltration.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman
- Exclusive
- CFMEU
Financial failure, missed taxes and deadly history no barrier to CFMEU promotion
Industry insiders claim a scaffolding firm with a chequered past and links to organised crime was still able to secure promotion at the highest levels of the CFMEU.
- Eryk Bagshaw, Kate McClymont, Nick McKenzie and David Marin-Guzman
- Analysis
- Industrial relations
CFMEU’s administration orders biggest event in construction since 1986
Many industry leaders believe the CFMEU being out into administration has the potential to radically reshape the construction industry.
- David Marin-Guzman
Union boss, husband accused of pocketing cash in $2.7m scheme
The Fair Work Commission launched legal action against Health Workers Union boss Diana Asmar, her husband and other officials in her branch.
- David Marin-Guzman and Kieran Rooney